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Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys is the Editor-in-Chief of BetaKit and founder of BetaKit Incorporated. He has worked for a few failed companies and written about many more. He spends too much time on the Internet. You can reach him on Signal: @tr0ndizzle.83

AI Minister Evan Solomon at SAAS NORTH 2025.

Canada’s AI ambitions with Minister Evan Solomon

December 5, 2025

Minister Evan Solomon sits down with C100 Executive Director Michael Buhr to discuss the country’s future in AI.

Is the feds’ FDI approach “toxic” for Canadian tech?

December 1, 2025

Plus: How Dozr went from a building boom to receivership.

OpenText EVP Shannon Bell

How OpenText went all-in on AI

November 28, 2025

OpenText EVP Shannon Bell explains why her job now requires human and digital resource management.

Christmas Tree Point San Francisco

It’s “Valley or Bust” for Canada’s young entrepreneurs

November 23, 2025

Colare’s Nain Abdi explains why his generation sees the Valley as their “launchpad.”

Dominion Dynamics at SAAS NORTH 2025

Dominion Dynamics’ CEO thinks defence is a “generational opportunity” for Canadian entrepreneurs

November 16, 2025

Eliot Pence wants to undercut US reliance and build Canada’s “defence prime.”

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Sarah Rieger joins BetaKit as managing editor

November 12, 2025

Award-winning journalist to lead newsroom and grow BetaKit’s nationwide tech coverage.

Canadian flag over Parliament Hill

The story Budget 2025 tells to Canadian tech

November 10, 2025

Plus: Xanadu to go public in $3.6-billion USD SPAC deal.

Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champagne stand together, smiling, hold a copy of Budget 2025.

Budget 2025: “cautiously optimistic”

November 7, 2025

A power panel of policy wonks pick apart Budget 2025 and what it means for Canadian tech.

What’s in #Budget2025 for Canadian tech?

November 4, 2025

Feds make huge spending commitments but finally get competitive on defence, taxes, and financial services.

Canada's Minister of Finance, Francois-Philippe Champagne, and Prime Minister Mark Carney face eachother on opposite couches, laughing.

What will Budget 2025 offer Canada’s innovation economy?

November 3, 2025

Plus: Wealthsimple hits $10-billion valuation with new funding.

Aptum CEO Ian Rae

What the AWS outage reveals about Canada’s digital sovereignty

November 2, 2025

Aptum CEO Ian Rae argues that sovereignty requires control of our digital supply chain.

Gen Z wants BlackBerry back. Why?

October 20, 2025

Plus: Open banking details expected in #Budget2025.

Raymond Luk Source Canada

Why Canada doesn’t buy Canadian tech

October 19, 2025

Source Canada’s Ray Luk thinks the “cultural belief we’re not good enough” creates a homecourt disadvantage for…

Canadian VC movement and AI at Elevate

October 14, 2025

Plus: OpenAI teases Canadian office.

Gander Social graphic

Can Canada build its own social network?

October 13, 2025

Gander CEO Ben Waldman explains his vision for sovereign social media.

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